Original Airdate: Friday, October 28th, 2005
Cow Palace
San Francisco, California
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After a lengthy recap of the Raw/SmackDown feud, we kick things off with the Peep Show. Just as Christian begins talking, he is interrupted by Rey Mysterio's music. Mysterio says that he won't be satisfied until he gets voted in to be at Taboo Tuesday. Christian insults him and tries to convince the crowd to vote for him until Matt Hardy interrupts. Hardy says him getting voted in is personal because duh. Out comes Hardcore Holly and he asks the crowd if they want to see a beating that leaves them unrecognizable. Obviously JBL and his limo are out next. More bickering ensues. Teddy Long finishes off the predictable beginning here by doing exactly what you think he would do, which is to make a 5 Man Free For All Match.
Five Man Free For All Match
Christian vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Matt Hardy vs. Hardcore Holly vs. JBL
When we get from commercial break, the match has begun and everyone is beating on JBL. Holly and JBL go to the outside, while Mysterio and Hardy team up to work on Christian. Mysterio ends up taking JBL back out of the ring and Holly hits a back body drop on Chrstian. Hardy comes out and hits Holly in the face with a right hand. JBL comes in and tosses Hardy out after hitting him with a thumb to the eye. Holly hits a dropkick on JBL for a 2 count. They do a tower of doom spot, with JBL and Holly doing the powerbomb on Hardy and Rey, who were superplexing Christian. JBL is up on his feet first and goes to Holly, who hits an Alabama Slam on him. Mysterio goes for a double 619 on Holly and Christian, but Holly gets out of the way. Holly then eats a Clothesline From Hell from JBL. JBL hits a fallaway slam on Mysterio and Hardy hits a Twist of Fate on JBL. Christian hits an Unprettier on Hardy and then Mysterio comes in and hits a hurricanrana into a pin attempt on Christian and gets the victory. I would have loved another few minutes of that one, but this was all action.
Match Rating: ***1/4 (out of 5)
Sharmell and Booker T are outside of Teddy Long's office, wondering why he wants to see them. After the commercial break and Long shows Booker the footage of how he won the United States Championship last week. Booker and Sharmell argue about it and Booker says that he is going to grant Benoit a rematch and he tells her that she has to apologize.
Roddy Piper is shown walking backstage and he walks into Bob Orton. They go at it verbally until Randy tells him that the last time he was in the ring with the legend, he set him on fire.
Simon Dean is rolling in backstage and one of the Juniors tells him that there are no automatic vehicles backstage and that it's a $1 fine. Dean tries to make fun of him, but while he is distracted a couple of the Juniors hook his Dean Machine to a rope and it tips over.
Palmer Cannon is in the ring to introduce the Juniors.
Short Sleeve Sampson vs. Pitbull Patterson
Patterson has a bucket and he tries to toss it at Sampson, but he ducks and confetti goes over the crowd. Sampson now has a bucket from under the ring. Patterson jumps on the Cannon's lap and they both duck and the water gets over Tazz's chair. The match starts and he sets Patterson up in the ropes and then they do a comedy bit that leads to Patterson kick Sampson in the crotch. Patterson hits a clothesline and goes up to the top rope. Sampson hits him in the midsection on his way down and then hits a dropkick to follow it up. Samspon dropkicks referee Nick Patrick, but then leaps off his back and hits Patterson with a splash for the victory. Out comes Simon Dean, who steps on Patterson on the way into the ring. He lifts up Sampson, but Patterson trips him from behind and they both start wailing on Dean. They then hit him with a double dropkick. This is something that most people probably forgot all about.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Sharmell is begging not to apologize backstage. After the commercial break, they make their way to the ring. He has Benoit come on out and he tells Benoit that he considers him one of his best friends. He says that he didn't listen to him when he tried to tell him the truth and lets Benoit know that he wants to give him a rematch. Before Benoit answers him, he says that Sharmell has something that he wants to say. Benoit accepts anyway and tells Booker that he doesn't need any apologies. Booker says that this is something Sharmell needs to say. Sharmell gives an apology, but follows it up by saying that she apologizes for making her husband more of a man and actually win some matches. And most of all, she apologizes for marrying someone who has no respect for her and she slaps Booker. On her way to the back, she deeply and sincerely apologizes for this, which is Booker cracking Benoit over the head with the championship belt. Benoit is busted open and continues the assault. Booker hits him with a superkick and knocks Benoit off the apron onto the announcer table. I have to say that this was a well done storyline. I remember the matches that came after this, but did not have any recollection of the story of how they got there.
Fatal 4-Way Match For The WWE Tag Team Championship Match
Heidenreich & Road Warrior Animal vs. Mexicools vs. William Regal & Paul Burchill vs. MNM
This seems really thrown together and surprising that there really wasn't any hype up to it. MNM are debuting the baby blue tights. We get a lot of fast paced action to start and after a moonsault by Super Crazy, all eight men get in the ring as we go to commercial break. Psicosis hits a dive over the top rope just as we come back. Burchill hits a brainbuster on Super Crazy, but the pin attempt is broken up. Burchill gets a little bit of in-ring time here, after being pretty non-existent on Friday nights as of late. Heidenreich tags himself in and cleans house. They go for the Doomsday Device, but the Dicks come down and interfere. MNM hits the Snapshot and we have new champions. MNM should have never really lost the titles in the first place, so this is resetting things to where they should be. The match was passable overall.
Match Rating: *3/4
Nunzio and Vito want a chance at the Tag Team Championships, but Teddy tells him they can't even beat Bobby Lashley. He tells them next week that they will take on Bobby Lashley in a handicap match. We then see the Boogeyman and he smashes the clock on his head again.
After a highlight package, Eddie and Batista are backstage being all chummy. They talk about Eddie winning the title here at the Cow Palace and then Batista has a surprise for him. It's a Chevy Impala low rider and Batista says that Latino Heat is back.
Mr. Kennedy, Bob Orton & Randy Orton vs. Eddie Guerrero, Batista & Roddy Piper
Kennedy and Eddie kicks things off and this is a feud I could get behind. Eddie gets the best of him and they tag in former Evolution members, Batista and Randy. We return from commercial break and Randy hits a powerslam on Eddie. They tag in Piper and he gets a little bit of offense until Bob hits him with a knee as he is running the ropes. The heels cut the ring in half and work on Piper. Bob Orton wrestling in clothes is a subpar decision. Eddie and Batista have had enough, so they come in and everyone starts brawling. Batista hits a spinebuster on both Eddie and Kennedy. Eddie goes up top and hits a Frog Splash on Kennedy. Piper puts the sleeper hold on Bob Orton and we have winners. The match itself was kind of disappointing, as it was very paint by the numbers.
Match Rating: *3/4
The first 45 minutes of this show were well done. I really enjoyed the Sharmell angle. I thought both she and Booker T really pulled it off convincingly. Although, this episode wasn't a standout, they are doing things right by getting behind some new competitors on the roster and making sure the old stars are starting to change.
Overall Rating: 54%
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